Eamonn Martin Griffin's Blog, page 8
February 4, 2018
As it's World Cancer Day, a snippet of a work-in-progress
This is raw first-draft stuff, so please excuse any typos and missing moments. Anyway, it's part of a longer autobiographical piece about, among other things, cancer and its impacts in and on my family. And as the header indicates, World Cancer Day is as good a reason as any to start thinking about this again. And if it prompts you to donate a couple of quid to Macmillan Cancer Support along the way, so much the better.
Thanks for reading
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We were going for a curry. That was the idea. We had...
January 23, 2018
East of England: crowdfunding and me
Hi all. First up, here's the call to action: my new novel East of England is crowdfunding now via the fine folks at Unbound, who are experts in this kind of thing, and I'd love for you to help make East of England a reality. You can do so by following the link to Unbound's site, where you can find out more about the book (there's a video, a synopsis, and a sample from the beginning of the novel) and about how you can support it.
If you don't know much about crowdfunding, here's how it works.
F...
August 24, 2017
Juggernaut is free for #Frightfest - Jekyll and Hyde sequel free on Kindle!
As it's Frightfest this weekend, Juggernaut, my sequel novel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is free on Kindle for the 5 days of the horror film festival.
So, you can download Juggernaut - which also includes the full text of the Stevenson original - free from 24th to 28th August inclusive. Here's the link again. There's a paperback version available also, if that's your kinda thing.
Enjoy!
August 8, 2017
Wayward summer breeze
This was a longer post, but that got lost in a computer snafu. The post was good; about Chuck Berry and about poetry, rhythm and blues and country music, and about gathering those things together in a single place. And about shadows cast, and those who sheltered, and who found their own place, protected from the tedious sun.
Alas, that's gone, though. And there's nothing more injurious to the soul than reconstructing your own words. So I'll not attempt that. What I did retain was the tracklist...
May 21, 2017
Torc: the ebook is free from 22 May 2017 to 26 May 2017 inclusive!
Afer last month's ebook giveaway for Juggernaut, I've decided to run another! Torc, my MG/YA-ish (you decide!) Scottish-set timeslip novel is free for download from Amazon between the 22nd and 26th of May 2017 inclusive. Just in time for the bank holiday weekend, if you're in the UK!
Here's the synopsis:
The west coast of Scotland, present day. Ailsa's world is threatened when the future of the hotel she calls home comes under threat. She's saddled with her cousin Tom for the day while the...
April 21, 2017
Juggernaut: the ebook is free 21th April - 25th April 2017!
Juggernaut - my new sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, is free to download from Amazon between 21st and 25th April 2017!
So, pop over to Amazon and help yourself to a free copy. It'll download to your Kindle, or else you can download a free app to your smartphone/tablet/computer for easy reading.
Don't worry if you've not read the original, as that's included in the download.
Enjoy the book, and don't forget to leave a review for me on Amazon! Your f...
April 20, 2017
Register to vote by 22nd May...
You really should register to vote if you're not currently on the electoral register. It's easy and takes only a couple of minutes.
You've only got until 22nd May to do this if you want to be a part of the 2017 general election.
And you do want to be a part of it, don't you? These things are important. Anyway, go here to register: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
And if you're stuck as to why you should bother, here's a few reasons for ya: http://votingcounts.org.uk/why-should-you-vote-html...
March 24, 2017
Juggernaut: out now in paperback and Kindle ebook
Finally released into the wild is Juggernaut, my sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's [The] Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!
It's out in paperback and in Kindle ebook from Amazon.
Here's the back cover blurb:
"A thrilling new sequel to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
1911. London is in limbo between two monarchs. Edward is dead and George not yet crowned.
Ex-military doctor Toby Latimer is lately installed in private practice after Boer War service. His life is easy, his indolence assuaged by East E...
March 16, 2017
Something old, something new...
Something new to read, coming soon...
February 12, 2017
Side project
This is sort of self-explanatory. I like films, have taught film theory stuff in the past, and I do like an action flick.
So, a venue for occasional long-form and slowly-developing musings on cinema, filtered through a very specific lens. That of Jason Statham movies.
